Shanghai, China: Lessons learned from the Beijing Olympic volunteers will be on show in Shanghai this year, as more than a million volunteers gather to support the 2010 Expo.  Read article

Roma, Italia: Per decisione assunta dall’Assemblea delle Nazioni Unite nel 1985, il 5 dicembre di ogni anno, viene dedicata un’attenzione particolare all’impegno che i volontari assumono in tutto il mondo.  Read article

Abbiamo fornito la consulenza al progetto UNIFEM in quanto socie di Seniores Italia, associazione di volontariato, che dedica particolare attenzione al rafforzamento delle donne in campo economico, senza dimenticare gli aspetti politici e sociali.   Read article

Rome: FOCSIV, an Italian network of volunteer-involving organizations, will celebrate International Volunteer Day with the “Oscar of International Volunteering”, a prize awarded annually to who rendered the best voluntary service.  Read article

Turin: The volunteer movement forms an important part of global social capital and has to address the challenge of finding ways to strengthen the potential of local voluntary action,” said Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, in a speech during the closing ceremony to mark the 100th year of the Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze (ANPAS), the Italian National Association of Public Assistance Groups.  Read article